Since the pie cherries have come into the market this week, this is a super duper Cherry Saturday!

I got up early to go to the farmers’ market with my sister and ran into some friends I hadn’t seen recently. My sister invited them to dinner and now I get to be at a party! And we discovered that if you use your food stamps at this market, they give you a coupon worth a dollar for every dollar you spend (up to 25). If only it didn’t take an hour and a half to get to this market…..They’ve got live music and doughnuts made while you wait, too.

It’s also International Tarot Day, apparently. Since I have a tarot deck out (and my blueberries aren’t ripe yet) I think I’ll celebrate that one. I do have the faded remains of a henna tattoo from the local Faerie Festival (sort of like a small ren faire)–does that count?

So on July 4th I made a watermelon and blueberry salad (watermelon chunks, blueberries, honey, lemon juice and mint leaves). I foolishly listened to a food network host and did not mince the mint. Do not do that. My finicky grandchildren picked out all the leaves but at least they ate the fruit.

About the Author

Jennifer Crusie is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of twenty novels, one book of literary criticism, miscellaneous articles, essays, novellas, and short stories, and the editor of three essay anthologies. She lives in a cottage in New Jersey surrounded by deer, bears, foxes, and dachshunds, where she often stares at the ceiling and counts her blessings.